Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-24
Germany.
MORE BIRTHDAY FESTIVITIES.


BERLIN, March 23.-About 5000 stu
dents partook of the reunion breakfast at
Kroll's garden yesterday. The toast to
the Emperor and his family was drunk
amid great enthusiasm. The municipal
authorities held a banquet at the town
hall last night Mayor Forenbeck pro-
posed the Emperor's health and Herr
StTicB, chairman Of the town council,
offered g toast to the Empress. The En-
press has conferred the cross of the
| Order of Louise on thee ladies who are
| presidents of the Augusta, Catholic and
Jewish asylums.
| GERMAN AMBASSADOR BANQUETED.
| ST. PETERSBURG, March 90 ALI the
| grand dukes, ministers, diplomatists and
| court officers visited the German Embassy
yesterday to congratulate General Won
SchweinitZ, German ambassador, on the
Emperor Williams birthday. General
Won SChWeinitz will give banquet TO.
day. The Car received q deputation
from his German Grenaders regiment at
Gatschlna palace yesterday. In the
evening a banquet was given at the
palace to General Won SchWeinitz.
AN IMPERIAL REsCRIPT.
BERLIN, March 23.-The Official Ga
zatte to-day publishes an imperial res
cript. The Emperor, after expressing
his heartfelt appreciation of the sympa-
thetiC Interest shown him on his birth
day, proceeds: "In my early youth l
saw the monarchy of my. deeply afflicted
father under a direful visitation, that
tested the endurance of the people.
have since seen how devoted
the loyalty and eager self sacrifice and
undaunted courage of my people brought
deliveranCe and devotion, and now in my
old age, after the many vicIssitudes of my
life, l look with pride and satisfaction upon
the great transformation with the
glorious events of the recent past. |
Though the imperishabie feeling
of German unity and sincere love Of
Fatherland have been effected in Ger |
many the contamination is achieved after |
long Yearning by our beloved country,
and may it continue, as | confidently hope |
it will, to the ever increasing prosperity |
of all classes of the nation living in the |
undisturbed and blessed Iabors of peace" |
The church of St. Mary Magdalene at |
Brestan has been partly destroyed by fire.
One tower has fallen; the flames were ar
rested before the interior had been Quilted.
Prince Bismarck has donated 100, 900 !
marks to the corporation of OSnabruck
for the formation of a museum.
This evening the Empress, the Crown
Prince and family and the royal visitors
attended the performance of the ballet
SsrdanapoIis at the opera. Between the
acts tea was served in the foyer, which
had been converted into brilliant recep-
tion room.
The Prince OF Wales visited Count
Herbert Bismarck to-day. He will re-
turn to London Sunday.
The EmperOr's proclamation to tie
German people thanking them for the
expressions of devotion and Joy at the
nnetieth anniversary of his birth is
couched in words expressive of his pro-
foundest emotion. The document con-
tains q long review of the Emperor's
life. The Kaiser dwells on the expert
ences of his youth, the wonderful help
God vOuchsafed him, and prays that he
may be able to preserve during the short
remainder of his life the blessing of peace.
CALLED ON THE ROYAL WOMEN.
BERLIN, March % The Emperor
William to-day visited the Queens of
Ssxony and ROumanla, the Princess of
WED, the Grand Duchesses of Mecklen-
burg and Saxony and the Grand Duchess
Marie, wife of the Grand Duke
Vladimir. The Emperor will give state
dinner at the palace tonight and will
sfterwsrd go to the opera. The Crown
Prince Rudolph of Austria and several of
the German princes have left Berlin for
their homes.
CONGRATULATED BY THE SULTAN.
CoNsTANTINOPLE, March 23.-The Sui
tan yesterday autographed his congratu-
lations to the Emperor William on
his birthday, and sent his son
Prince MOhammed Selim Efendi
to congratulate Herr Won
Radowitz, The German ambassador to the
Porte. The diplomats and the German
students residing here attended the
special commemorative religious services
in the German chapel.